Highbourne Cay, Bahamas

Last day at anchor in the Bahamas this season!!

We started the day with a rather unsettling radio call - someone in the anchorage was calling to a sailboat that appeared to be washed up on shore.  This IS NOT NORMALLY GOOD!!  The sailboat was not answering so the good Samaritan started to call the local marina to see if they could assist.

So we and What IF dropped our dinghies quickly and headed over to see if we could be of assistance before matters got worse.....

Ends up - a lovely couple (I believe the flag was German) were inside the boat - and they had intentionally beached their boat to work on something.  They just didn't have their radio on!  They thanked us for our concern.

 Back to the boat - we got ready and went for what will be our last snorkel of the season as well.

(Cathy's photo of us on our dinghy).

Found some lovely coral.

Duane peeking in a hole in the coral.

Really enjoyed the area.

We decided to head out the "cut" and find some more area to snorkel.  The current was quite strong for our little dinghies!

And we did find some more beautiful coral!

I believe this is an osprey - he was not happy that we were coming near his nest.

And his mate was on the nest and was not happy either!  Makes an awful racket!

And more lovely coral at a different spot.  I know, you're getting tired of coral photos!

And back to the boat - probably the last "Sojourn at anchor" photo of the season as well!!

We'll leave Friday morning - sailing non-stop for the Florida coast.  Don't know just where we'll land yet.  Here's a rough map.  The green line is where we've been - the red line is where we're heading Friday.  We should arrive Monday morning sometime if the winds and Gulf Stream are as forecast.  We can't head straight to NC because there is windy weather off the coast of the Carolinas that would make it unsafe.  We'll wait in Florida at anchor until it's safe to head to NC.

I'll try to send single-side-band position reports as often as I can get propagation.